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. >> arthel: quick check of the headlines, president obama announcing he intends to press the issue of gun control after the shooting massacre in newtown connecticut. tom coburn says he did not vote to confirm chuck hagel if president obama nominated him. hagel a former republican senator he says lacks the experience to manage an organization like the pentagon. margaret thatcher leaving the hospital. she was admitted last week for an operation to remove a bladder growth. >> gregg: senate majority leader harry reid saying he is not overly optimistic that a deal will be reached to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. even if they get something passed here there are other challenges that our economy will face. global powers like china and europe and japan are having major problems of their own. that could affect the way they do business with us. joining us is to talk about, ed, good to see you. biggest problem some of these governments to stimulate their economies, die let's just print a bunch of money. that has catastrophic events with them and even with the united states that may tried tra
. >> arthel: quick check of the headlines, president obama announcing he intends to press the issue of gun control after the shooting massacre in newtown connecticut. tom coburn says he did not vote to confirm chuck hagel if president obama nominated him. hagel a former republican senator he says lacks the experience to manage an organization like the pentagon. margaret thatcher leaving the hospital. she was admitted last week for an operation to remove a bladder growth. >> gregg:...
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president obama this morning told "meet the press" the u.s. now has some "very good leads" about who carried out the deadly strike. >> there was sloppiness, not intentional in terms of how we secure embassies in areas where you essentially don't have governments that have a lot of capacity to protect the embassies. so we are are doing a thorough review. not only will we implement all of the recommendations that were made but we will try to do more than that. with respect to who carried it out, that is an ongoing investigation. the fbi has sent individuals to libya repeatedly. we have some very good leads, but this is not something that i'm going to be at liberty to talk about right now. >> the attacks, of course, killed four americans including u.s. ambassador christopher stevens. it happened back in september. how is it now that we are getting "good lead is" four months later and why haven't there been any arrests? joining us is the former ambassador to the united nations and fox's contributor are john bolton who joins us every sunday about t
president obama this morning told "meet the press" the u.s. now has some "very good leads" about who carried out the deadly strike. >> there was sloppiness, not intentional in terms of how we secure embassies in areas where you essentially don't have governments that have a lot of capacity to protect the embassies. so we are are doing a thorough review. not only will we implement all of the recommendations that were made but we will try to do more than that. with...
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. >> arthel: new round of meetings on capitol hill as president obama presses law makes to strike a deal. if they fail nearly all americans will see smaller paychecks and drastic cuts to federal spending. under the plan, the pentagon would lose about $500 billion over the next decade. cuts are so steep, defense secretary leon panetta saying that the military is not planning for it but without a deal this situation is days away from becoming a reality. so how will military leaders protect the country if this goes over the fiscal cliff is the question? let's bring in fox military analyst, job bob scales. let's break it down and tell me if we were to go over this cliff what would it mean in terms of the troops in morale and manpower? >> defense department is already given up half a trillion dollars over the next ten years. this doubles that to a full trillion dollars. what is the easiest thing, expenditure to get rid of? it's people. now, the surface chiefs in marine corps and army have done a good job of keeping the faith with their soldiers and marines by promising them no one would be le
. >> arthel: new round of meetings on capitol hill as president obama presses law makes to strike a deal. if they fail nearly all americans will see smaller paychecks and drastic cuts to federal spending. under the plan, the pentagon would lose about $500 billion over the next decade. cuts are so steep, defense secretary leon panetta saying that the military is not planning for it but without a deal this situation is days away from becoming a reality. so how will military leaders protect...
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does this give president obama breathing room to hold out for the taxes on high earners. so be it it will be worse for conditions. >> i don't think either side wants this to happen. president obama doesn't want to give an inaugural address . conscience don't want to go over the cliff either. you want to start out in a new congress and in the new year on a right foot with a bipartisan agreement. we'll have a smaller deal hopefully before new years. >> i want to play a sound by the from charles krauthammer and get your take on this. listen to charles. >> it is clear from the beginning he had no intention to solve the fiscal issues. he's been using this and i must say with great skill and ruthless skill and success to fracture and basically shatter the republican opposition. the only redoubt of the opposition is the house . his objective from the very grinning was to break the will of the republican house and to create an internal civil war and he's done that. >> talking about president obama trying to create an internal civil war. you think it is a grand strategy. >> i don'
does this give president obama breathing room to hold out for the taxes on high earners. so be it it will be worse for conditions. >> i don't think either side wants this to happen. president obama doesn't want to give an inaugural address . conscience don't want to go over the cliff either. you want to start out in a new congress and in the new year on a right foot with a bipartisan agreement. we'll have a smaller deal hopefully before new years. >> i want to play a sound by the...